Government Systems

Government in which a king or queen rules with a legislative body. UK

• constitutional monarchy

• absolute monarchy

• oligarchy

• dictatorship

Government in which a king or queen rules independently and typically has unlimited power- Saudi Arabia

• constitutional monarchy

• absolute monarchy

• direct democracy

• oligarchy

form of democracy in which the power to govern lies directly in the hands of the people rather than being exercised through their representatives - - Example = Switzerland

• totalitarian

• theocracy

• dictatorship

• direct democracy

a form of government where a small group of people have control of a country, organization, or institution -

• oligarchy

• totalitarian

• dictatorship

• absolute monarchy

a form of government where one leader (dictator) has absolute power and control - - Example = North Korea

• communism

• republic

• dictatorship

• theocracy

a form a government in which God or a deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler - - Example = Vatican City where the Pope lives & Iran

• republic

• communism

• theocracy

• oligarchy

characterized by a government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control

• totalitarian

• communism

• republic

• theocracy

command economy, system in which the government controls all aspects of production and distribution - USSR

• communism

• republic

• oligarchy

• direct democracy

a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them - U.S.

• theocracy

• constitutional monarchy

• absolute monarchy

• republic